Hagerman, Idaho, and the hundreds of falls

Even though the weather was questionable, as we came home from Boise, we decided to turn south and go through the little farm communities that are along the Snake River. For quite a long ways, the river is bound on the north by the results of big lava flows, out of which flow an astonishing number of springs, creating magical waterfalls. Would have been nicer to see on a beautiful day, but it still was quite a sight. This is the scene you first see as you turn off of the freeway toward Buhl and then on to Hagerman and then Twin Falls.

The Wide Open Spaces

On the Fourth of July, we went to a steak cookout at a ranch about 8 miles south and east of Soda Springs. The day was alternately hot and cloudy, depending on whether the sun would go behind a cloud or not. Idaho is very beautiful this year, because we had so much rain that everything that is usually turning brown by this time of the year is still green. There are still wild flowers blooming in places. The sky was very dramatic - but there were only a few drops of rain.